Temperatures were rising inside the plane. Eighty-eight Brazilian deportees, most of them handcuffed and shackled, were getting restless on Friday under the watch of U.S. immigration agents. The passenger jet, dealing with repeated technical problems, was stuck on the tarmac in a sweltering city in the Amazon rainforest. Then the air conditioning broke — again. […]

The Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, and it has forced the two opposing sides to improvise weapons during the conflict. That’s why the European Union is reportedly proposing a ban on all video game console sales to Russia. As reported by Financial Times, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas indicated that PlayStation […]

Much of the world is accustomed to thinking of Africa as an impoverished sideshow, accounting for only a small share of the world’s population and G.D.P. — but what if that is poised to change? Experts at the International Monetary Fund have argued that we are entering the “African century.” I wouldn’t go that far, […]

Assassin’s Creed fans can add multiple new books to their collection when Assassin’s Creed Shadows launches this March. An official strategy guide will be published alongside the game on March 20, and Dark Horse’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows art book will arrive on March 25. Each book has standard and collector’s variants and are available to […]

A legal battle looms over Trump’s funding freeze Several states were planning yesterday to file suit to block President Trump’s order to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans. The move, part of an effort to remake the government in his image, followed cuts to international aid introduced last week. The Trump administration […]

A bill to impose sanctions on officials affiliated with the International Criminal Court stalled in the Senate on Tuesday after Democrats refused to back it, a setback for legislation that aims to rebuke the court for its top prosecutor’s decision to bring war crimes charges against top Israeli leaders for their military offensive against Hamas […]

Battered by weeks of student-led street demonstrations, Serbia’s strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday sacrificed his prime minister in an effort to calm protests that had engulfed towns and cities, posing a major challenge to his decade-long grip on power. Prime Minister Milos Vucevic, a close ally of President Vucic and nominal leader of their […]

Earlier this week, some Baldur’s Gate 3 players mistakenly received early access to Patch 8–the final major update for the game–before its scheduled stress test. Now, Larian Studios has announced that the Patch 8 stress test is live, and it’s introducing several new features including cross-play. To familiarize players with the way cross-play will function, […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government was “insufficiently transparent” about foreign interference in Canadian politics and sometimes took “too long to act’’ against attempts to meddle in the country’s past two general elections by foreign powers including China and India, a government commission said on Tuesday. “Trust in Canada’s democratic institutions has been shaken, and it […]

If you’re playing a cozy game, you can all but guarantee you’ll be doing a bit of cooking. That goes for Hello Kitty Island Adventure, which features a variety of cooking stations and recipes that can be used to make yummy food. Here’s what you need to know about making grub in Hello Kitty Island […]